2025-12-17 16:13:06

The market for derivatives trading is quietly undergoing a transformation.

Perpdex once enjoyed popularity; as a decentralized perpetual contract platform, it did attract many traders during a certain period. However, currently, traditional derivatives exchanges face increasing pressure—liquidity is fragmented, user growth has plateaued, and competition is fierce. In the long run, pure derivatives trading may not be sufficient to sustain a platform's long-term survival.

In contrast, prediction market platforms like Polymarket are beginning to stand out. Prediction markets aggregate information through participants' real bets, forming market-based pricing for future events. This mechanism has demonstrated strong application potential in politics, sports, economics, and other fields. It is not just a trading tool but a new system for information aggregation and decision-making support.

In the future Web3 trading ecosystem, pure derivatives exchanges may gradually become secondary players, while innovative trading models with added value—such as prediction markets—are the true growth drivers. The market is making its choice, and this shift appears to be irreversible.

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rugpull_ptsd

· 2025-12-20 15:17

Perpetual contracts are really going to fade out; the fragmentation of liquidity has been evident for a long time. Polymarket indeed has something; prediction markets are the future of information pricing, not just simple betting on ups and downs.

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GateUser-a180694b

· 2025-12-20 10:34

Perpdex should have reflected on this long ago. Still clinging to the perpetual contract approach, really can't keep up anymore.

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RumbleValidator

· 2025-12-17 16:39

The issue of liquidity dispersion has been evident for a long time. The Perpdex model essentially relies on old methods and lacks any new consensus mechanism support.

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HorizonHunter

· 2025-12-17 16:37

Predicting the market is indeed interesting, but it's still too early to say that Perpdex will be eliminated. If the liquidity issues are resolved, it can still make a comeback.

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OffchainWinner

· 2025-12-17 16:26

perpdex really couldn't withstand this wave. I switched to trading prediction markets a long time ago. I feel that exchanges, in the end, still need some innovative features to stay competitive.

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MultiSigFailMaster

· 2025-12-17 16:17

The old trick of perpetual contracts is indeed becoming hard to play out, with liquidity too fragmented. Polymarket is definitely up to something over there, combining information aggregation and betting, which is like finding a new gold mine.

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